Is an i5 3470S fast enough to play the new Doom (2016 version)

[sirhawkeye64]

So I was thinking about getting the new Doom game, which came out earlier this year and was wondering if the Core i5 3470s is fast enough to handle this game? (I know they recommend an AMD FX 8350 / Intel i7 but I don't feel like upgrading my CPU, which would also require a new board as well, at this time).

It's stock speed is 3.1 GHz, and my computer meets all other requirements (I have a GeForce GTX 970 video card, 16GB of RAM, SSD, and cable Internet for online play).

Can anyone verify if the game will run a decent framerate given this hardware configuration (no overclocking though, everything is at stock speeds).

 

[Chugalug_]

Yep, that's perfectly fine!
It'll run very well without a bottleneck, maybe a little lower than benchmarked scores due to the lower voltage model being used.

 

[neblogai]

1) new Doom, with Vulkan patch, runs very well on lower speed CPUs
2) i5 3470s is still faster in almost all the games than fx8350
3) What motherboard you have? You could overclock your CPU to 4.0-4.1GHz if your motherboard is Z-series.

 

[sirhawkeye64]

I have a Gigabyte Z77 board, so update options for CPU are limited. I do have another Socket 1150 board with an i3 I was considering upgrading and making into my gaming rig, but again, would cost $200 to get a decent CPU for that as well. I'm not so picky about ultra high video settings either, just as long as I can play on medium settings.

And I have a 3570s by the way, not the 3470s, which I think the speed difference was only 200 Mhz at the base level, and can overclock to 3.6 GHz but only one core. Either way, I'll just try to demo and see how it goes. If it plays fine, then I'll leave it as is, if not, then I'll probably upgrade the Socket 1150 board (which has an i3 in it right now) with an i5 4690K or something and make that my gaming system. Either way, any upgrade I do will cost about $200 at least.

 

[neblogai]

Ivy Bridge CPUs can be overclocked to +4 than the highest turbo multiplier, which makes it (38+4) x 100 = 4200MHz on i5 3570s if bus stays the same. Or ~4320-4400GHz if you set bus to 103-105 and it works for you well. That is for single core load only- with cores loaded it would work at lower clock (IIRC, only some Asrock motherboards allow to set all cores to max turbo with non-K CPUs).

 

[sirhawkeye64]

I'll have to fiddle with it, as I do CAD with the workstation so I'll have to be careful in that regard (at least, that was my experience with an old Core 2 Duo E8400... had issues--not overheating--when running CAD with an overclocked CPU). I have the CoolerMaster 212 Evo CPU cooler and right now it idles about 30 degrees, and I think the most I saw it get to was 35 degrees C when fully loaded so I think I have some room in terms of overclocking. Even if I can get a 10-15% boost (so another 300-400 Mhz, that should be good enough I think.. if I do, I'll probably just turn off Turbo Boost in the BIOS just to be safe. I've seen people get some decent mileage out of the 212 Evo with some higher-end CPUs so I'll give that a try first. (Won't cost me anything).

I should add that I have one of the old Antec P180 cases, where I there are fans everywhere--top, front and back, so there is plenty of air flow (enough actually so you can really feel the air flowing through the case, so I'm thinking that should be enough cooling to allow for at least a 10-15% overclock (if not more) with what I have now and how it's set up.